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Long COVID Symptoms Are Often Overlooked in Seniors

The higher rate of post-COVID symptoms in older adults is likely due to a higher incidence of chronic disease and physical vulnerability.

Why Won’t More Older Americans Get Their COVID Booster?

Approximately 1 in 3 Americans 65 and older who completed their initial vaccination round still have not received a first booster shot.

Judge’s Ruling on Mask Mandate Highlights the Limits of CDC’s Power

A federal court judge in Florida said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had overstepped its authority.

New Laws Let Visitors See Loved Ones in Health Care Facilities, Even in a COVID Outbreak

New laws make it easier for people to see their loved ones in health care facilities during the pandemic.

Better Ventilation Can Prevent COVID Spread. But Are Companies Paying Attention?

Studies show improved ventilation could be a powerful tool against the coronavirus.

How the Test-to-Treat Pillar of the U.S. COVID Strategy Is Failing Patients

Paxlovid and molnupiravir can reduce the risk of severe COVID-19, but they must be started within five days of symptom onset.

When Symptoms Linger for Weeks, Is It Long COVID?

Though such cases may not always amount to debilitating long COVID, it is common to take weeks to fully recover.

The End of the COVID Emergency Could Mean a Huge Loss of Health Insurance

The United States might see one of the steepest increases in the country’s uninsured rate in years.

COVID and Schizophrenia: Why This Deadly Mix Can Deepen Knowledge of the Brain Disease

Could the immune dysfunction that causes severe COVID in people with schizophrenia be what drives their psychotic symptoms?

Patients With Vulnerable Immune Systems Worry Vaccine Exemptions May Put Them in Peril

While vaccination typically provides robust protection against severe disease, they’re less effective for immunocompromised people.

COVID’s ‘Silver Lining’: Research Breakthroughs for Chronic Disease, Cancer and the Common Flu

Novel therapies, improved technologies and a better understanding of the immune system could yield broad dividends.

Antibodies attacking SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19

To Prevent Future COVID Variants, We Must Protect Those Most At Risk

Protecting the immunocompromised is not only a matter of health equity, it’s critical to ending the pandemic.

The CDC’s New Guidelines on COVID Risk and Masking Send Confounding Signals

The CDC’s move triggered mixed feelings from the public and laid bare a split within the health care community.

Pharmacies Are Turning Away Immunocompromised Patients Seeking 4th COVID Shot

Transplant recipients, people with advanced HIV and certain people with cancer or autoimmune diseases can get an additional vaccine dose.

Javitz Center COVID-19 vaccine site in New York City

J&J-Vaxxed, mRNA-Boosted and Pondering a Third Shot

Are we fully vaccinated, even with a booster, or should we get a third shot to catch up with those who got Pfizer or Moderna?

Cancer, COVID-19 and Proceeding With Caution

Cancer patients undergoing treatment and those with suppressed immune systems eye the future—and the COVID pandemic’s wane—warily.